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lap 2 at Lesmo 1 several cars are involved when Martin gets sideways and Mark tries to take avoiding action. Although there were a lot of people involved and some reports were submitted, I think this has to be a racing incident which collected a lot of innocent bystanders.

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Lap 2 at Parabolica.
Fabio rejoins after a trip into the gravel where he unfortunately gets hit by other cars who have entered Parabolica too quickly. When he eventually gets back onto the tarmac he is naturally slow in getting away and Fran comes around the corner and sees an opportunity to pass on the outside. There is just about room, but Fabio allows his car to drift out and contact is made that causes Fran to spin.
In this case I am issuing a caution to Fabio to take more care when re-joining and to be sure to keep to his side of the tarmac and leave room for faster cars.

Caution for Fabio

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At the start of lap 7 Paul closes on Fran as they cross the S/F line and uses the draft to make a pass.
I have looked at this over and over and it is marginal, but I cannot fault Fran as he keeps his car on a straight course and maintains the same gap to the grass verge.
Paul's speed carries him past Fran but before he has clear air between them he drifts across towards Fran and contact is made.
This happens at the point where the track narrows on Paul's side and I suspect he subconciously eased to his left as the barrier got closer, whereas Fran had a steady point of reference in the grass to the left side of the tarmac.

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After last season I was expecting a similarly quiet workload in season 24, how wrong can one get???!!

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In the Lap 1 red zone there were a couple of incidents.
Off the grid Ronnie gets a tank slapper going and sideswipes Fabio before parking his car sideways in front of the on rushing cars from the back of the grid.
Clive attempts to squeeze past the nose of Ronnie's car but succeeds only in clipping the nose and spinning his own car. paul sees the carnage and backs off, but catches Dave unawares who promptly punts Paul's car into a spin before attempting to vault the armco.

All of this action stems from Ronnie's over exuberant right foot off the line and as it falls in the red zone he gets a penalty

Again on lap 1, axel leads into Curve Grande with mark in hot pursuit, Axel has a clear advantage and takes the racing line into CG, but slows rather more than Mark anticipated. Mark rear ends Axel, spinning him into the armco

Ronnie passes the stricken Axel and promptly loses the rear end (yet again) on the exit of CG causing him to take out some very expensive signage and bounce off the fencing before coming to a halt dead centre of the track.
This parked car causes following cars to trip over themselves and spin.

Although Ronnie's car parked in the middle of the circuit is an obvious hazard, he did not place it there deliberately. If he had tried to move off I think there would have been grounds for a penalty, but by staying still he did give the following cars the least bad option of simply driving around him if they could.

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Lap 6 Curve Grande and Andy who has been tailing Fran for several laps thinks he sees a chance to get inside Fran under braking. Andy never achieves an overlap and sideswipes Fran.

After their exchange of paint samples at CG, Andy is again following Fran through the Lesmo corners where Fran is extremely cautious. Andy sees Fran run wide of the apex at lesmo 2 and guns his Ferrari through a tighter line against the kerb to take Fran on the exit. Unfortunately Fran chooses this moment to oversteer slightly and effectively closes the gap that Andy was aiming for just enough to cause contact. Fran was clearly in front at all times and had the right to whatever line he wished to take.

I am calling this a racing incident because the gap was most definitely there and Fran's line would be expected to take him even wider had he not lost the rear end slightly.

Based upon the performances last season there will be a few tweaks to the cars available to the Light drivers for each round with the intention of bringing the Heavies more into contention. I will be monitoring the results and as the season progresses the cars available to the Lights may be adjusted for different circuits. Race posts should appear at least 7 days before each round so that drivers have a chance to experiment with the cars that are available to them.

The format will be the same as last year with 2 races on each Friday, starting with the F2's and 69x's followed by the Gt's and Can Ams the following week at the same track.

I hope that some of the very fastest drivers ( you know who you are !) will select a car that challenges them rather than go for the fastest chassis available. But human nature being what it is, I suspect there will be a lot of very similar cars on the grid lol!

I made a setup for the Ford GT40 MkI when driving around Monza with Clouds the other week. I did a 1:34.19 with it, but I think there is some room left to break into the 33's, especially with some slipstream. See if you like it .

I made a setup for the Ford GT40 MkI when driving around Monza with Clouds the other week. I did a 1:34.19 with it, but I think there is some room left to break into the 33's, especially with some slipstream. See if you like it .

Just as an aside , but kind of related. Being old enough to have regained some control in my house now that the offspring have left the nest, they thought it amusing to present me with a T shirt for Christmas with this printed across the chest....

I hope that some of the very fastest drivers ( you know who you are ) will select a car that challenges them rather than go for the fastest chassis available. But human nature being what it is, I suspect there will be a lot of very similar cars on the grid lol!

IMO this track is such well known and easy even for the very heavies, that a light has only a minimal chance for the podium taking the fastest chassis available.

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Poor man, not seeing the stars without being hit in the face.My translation of an aphorism of Stanislaus Jercy Lec

I hope that some of the very fastest drivers ( you know who you are ) will select a car that challenges them rather than go for the fastest chassis available. But human nature being what it is, I suspect there will be a lot of very similar cars on the grid lol!

IMO this track is such well known and easy even for the very heavies, that a light has only a minimal chance for the podium taking the fastest chassis available.